Renzo Piano

Tribune photo by José Moré

Architect Renzo Piano takes members of the media for a hard-hat tour of the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Nichols Bridgeway on Sept. 20, 2007. Piano is the Pritzker Prize-winning architect for the Modern Wing.

Architect Renzo Piano takes members of the media for a hard-hat tour of the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Nichols Bridgeway on Sept. 20, 2007. Piano is the Pritzker Prize-winning architect for the Modern Wing. (Tribune photo by José Moré)

Architect Renzo Piano takes members of the media for a hard-hat tour of the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Nichols Bridgeway on Sept. 20, 2007. Piano is the Pritzker Prize-winning architect for the Modern Wing.